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17-454: In the late 17th century, Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun purchased the small aristocratic estate and Kleshof manor house at this site. In 1700, he commissioned Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to expand the manor house and construct an elegant palace. Influenced by the north Italian Mannerist style, Fischer von Erlach worked on the palace, which was called Lustschloss Favorita , between 1700 and 1709. Construction

34-489: A loggia and an entrance hall and staircase. The interior stucco work was done by Paolo d'Allio and Diego Francesco Carlone, according to plans by Fischer von Erlach. In the late 18th century, an English landscape park was added under the rule of Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo . After Salzburg's secularisation in 1803, Klessheim Palace fell to the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine . In 1866 it became

51-716: Is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church comprising the Austrian state of Styria . It is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Salzburg . The See of Seckau was founded on 22 June 1218, then the third suffragan of the metropolitan diocese of Salzburg after Gurk (1072) and Chiemsee (1215), by Archbishop Eberhard von Regensberg with permission from Pope Honorius III . Emperor Frederick II gave his consent on 26 October 1218; he conferred on

68-748: The Collegiate Church , the Holy Trinity Church , and Schloss Klessheim . Throughout his reign, however, he displayed a marked antipathy to the Italian designers and tastemakers that were emulated by many German monarchs at the time. Upon his accession, he halted work on a church being built for the Italian Theatine order and denied payment to Italian craftsmen, resulting in longstanding court proceedings. Thun, backed by Pope Innocent XII , prevailed in lengthy quarrels with

85-567: The Duchy of Styria . Under the Habsburg emperor Joseph II , the diocese was reorganised and its territory was enlarged. However, the original intention of the emperor to establish an archbishopric at Graz, the capital of Styria, was frustrated by the opposition of the Archbishop of Salzburg. In 1786, the episcopal see was finally transferred from Seckau to Graz Cathedral , though the name of

102-514: The Bishops of Seckau at Graz. The limits of Seckau are due to a regulation of 1859, incorporating the Diocese of Leoben into that of Seckau, while Seckau ceded Lower Styria with its (chiefly) Slovene -speaking population to the Diocese of Lavant with its see at Maribor (Marburg). The diocese also operates a religious museum ( Diözesanmuseum ), housed in the former Jesuit University building in

119-521: The Salzburg casino , which used to be situated on the Mönchsberg . The castle also appeared in the 1965 film The Great Race with Jack Lemmon , Tony Curtis and Peter Falk . 47°49′06″N 12°59′45″E  /  47.81833°N 12.99583°E  / 47.81833; 12.99583 Johann Ernst von Thun Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (3 July 1643 – 20 April 1709)

136-490: The Salzburg cathedral chapter as well as with the neighbouring Bishops of Chiemsee and Passau . In 1697, he obliged all graduates of Salzburg's university to swear belief in the Immaculate Conception . He remained a harsh persecutor of Crypto-protestantism in his Salzburg lands; these measures were later once again intensified under his successor Leopold Anton von Firmian . On the other hand, Thun supported

153-518: The deportation of the Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz . On 7 July 1944, on the occasion of a weapons exhibition, an attempt by several Wehrmacht officers around von Stauffenberg to kill Hitler failed, when conspirator Helmuth Stieff did not trigger the bomb. In May 1945 it was seized by the American military administration . Reichsadler statues made of limestone , that were attached to

170-518: The diocese remained unchanged until 1963. A new cathedral chapter was installed, composed at first of three dignitaries and four canons. The see included thenceforth the Salzburg territory in Styria; at the same time, the short-lived Diocese of Leoben was created in Upper Styria . After the death of the first and only Bishop of Leoben, the administration of this see was again entrusted in 1808 to

187-565: The entrance portals, were a reminder of the Nazi era . After the war, Schloss Klessheim was restored to the State of Salzburg. During the Cold War , the neutral Austrian government used it to hold conferences and to host international guests, among them US President Richard Nixon , who on his way to Moscow met there with Chancellor Bruno Kreisky on 20 May 1972. Since 1993 it has been the home of

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204-552: The incumbent of the see the dignity of a Prince of the Roman Empire , though with no secular power. A fourth suffragan diocese, Lavant , followed in 1228. The first bishop was Provost Karl von Friesach (1218–1230) who had his see at Seckau Abbey in Upper Styria ; his diocese only comprised 13 parishes. Most of the time, the Seckau bishops resided at Seggau Castle near Leibnitz and at Graz , they also served as vicars in

221-759: The leading members of the Braunau Parliament during the Bavarian uprising of 1705–06 against the occupying forces of the Habsburg emperor Joseph I . Archbishop von Thun was buried in Salzburg Cathedral . By his will, he had his brain deposited in the university chapel, his entrails (symbolizing compassion ) deposited in his hospital church, and his heart interred at his favorite Holy Trinity Church. Roman Catholic Diocese of Graz-Seckau The Diocese of Graz-Seckau ( Latin : Dioecesis Seccoviensis , German : Diözese Graz-Seckau )

238-786: The permanent residence of Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842–1919), a younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I . The archduke had the palace extended according to plans designed by Heinrich von Ferstel and died here in 1919. His Habsburg heirs sold the palace to the Austrian state of Salzburg . After the Austrian Anschluss in 1938, Adolf Hitler , when staying at his nearby Berghof residence, used Schloss Klessheim for conferences and to host official guests like Benito Mussolini , Miklós Horthy , Ion Antonescu , Jozef Tiso and Ante Pavelić . While Horthy stayed at Klessheim, Hitler on 19 March 1944 secretly gave orders for Operation Margarethe to occupy Hungary and enforce

255-523: Was Bishop of Seckau from 1679 to 1687 and Prince-archbishop of Salzburg from 1687 until his death. Born in Prague , Bohemia , he was a member of the Tyrolean Thun und Hohenstein noble family, elevated to the rank of Imperial Counts ( Reichsgrafen ) in 1629. His elder half-brother Guidobald was Archbishop of Salzburg from 1654 to 1668. Johann Ernst von Thun was ordained a priest in 1677. He

272-527: Was elected Bishop of Seckau in Styria on 29 December 1679 and consecrated by the Salzburg archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg the next year. Thun succeeded Kuenburg by election on 30 June 1687, obtaining the prince-archiepiscopal dignities. The archbishop is best remembered as patron of the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach , a leading proponent of Austrian Baroque church architecture. Thun had his Salzburg residence lavishly rebuilt, including

289-451: Was interrupted following the archbishop's death in 1709. His successor, Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach cancelled work in favor of Schloss Mirabell . Schloss Klessheim was completed in 1732 under Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian , who curtailed the original plans significantly. The completed palace contained a ceremonial hall with an extended terrace and ramp leading to the gardens, an entrance with an impressive Triton Fountain,

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